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Course: World History Project - Origins to the Present > Unit 1
Lesson 3: History Frames | 1.2- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Frame Concept Introduction
- WATCH: Frame Concept Introduction
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Communities Frame Introduction
- WATCH: Communities Frame Introduction
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Networks Frame Introduction
- WATCH: Networks Frame Introduction
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Production and Distribution Frame Introduction
- WATCH: Production and Distribution Frame Introduction
- History Frames
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Networks Frame Introduction
Use the “Three Close Reads” approach as you watch the video below.
Use the “Three Close Reads” approach as you watch the video below (next in the lineup!). If you want to learn more about this strategy, click here.
First read: preview and skimming for gist
Before you watch, you should skim the transcript first. The skim should be very quick and give you the gist (general idea) of what the video is about. You should be looking at the title, thumbnails, pictures, and first few seconds of the video for the gist.
Second read: key ideas and understanding content
Now that you’ve skimmed the video transcript and taken a quick peek at the video, you should preview the questions you will be answering. These questions will help you get a better understanding of the concepts and arguments that are presented in the video. Keep in mind that when you watch the video, it is a good idea to write down any vocab you read or hear that is unfamiliar to you.
By the end of the second close read, you should be able to answer the following questions:
- The video begins with a philosophical statement common to the Zulu people of southern Africa. How would you describe this idea in your own words?
- What were the first human networks like, and why were they important?
- What are some major changes and developments in the history of human networks, according to this video?
- The video ends with several questions. What problems does it suggest people might have within the global network?
Third read: evaluating and corroborating
Finally, here are some questions that will help you focus on why this video matters and how it connects to other content you’ve studied.
At the end of the third read, you should be able to respond to these questions:
- The networks frame and the communities frame overlap somewhat, but they are also different. How would you explain the difference between a network and a community?
- What kinds of evidence would allow you to evaluate the claims made in this video about the history of human networks?
Now that you know what to look for, it’s time to watch! Remember to return to these questions once you’ve finished watching.
Want to join the conversation?
I'm trying to answer the first question for the 3rd read, and I'm hoping to hear others' ideas:
Communities are ways that people have organized themselves to find security and order. Networks are systems of anything, from materials to abstract thought to people themselves, that are exchanged within and between communities.
Communities and networks would not exist without each other, and I think this is where the 2 frames overlap. I think when communities are formed, networks are bound to emerge as the group practices collective learning in hope of some forward progress. On the other hand, networks need the foundational, material structure of a community to thrive.(7 votes)
My answers (not as confident with the last one):
1. “A person is a person through other people”-Zulu Philosophy
Through this statement in my own words, a human is shaped to have more dimensions in his persona when connecting with other people.
2. The first human network connect a group of hunter-gatherers with another group of hunter-gatherers, as they trade their goods & services using a shared language or systems of communication. This help facilitate trading between ideas & information and helped them survive & thrive in new environments.
3.
Create new technologies of communication like writing, and new means of transportation, such as boats and roads.
Development of metropolitan areas, connecting farms, villages & cities
Develop long distance routes of exchange across various regions
Oceanic travel
Improved technologies: newspapers, telegraphs, telephones, steamship & trains
Global Internet.
4. People might be overloaded from the information they are given and unable to develop their own independent thoughts & identities.
5. A community focus on how a human interact with other person locally and how does he change within a nation. While a network focus on the external human interactions with each other and how does a person change from the ideas provided by new technologies.(7 votes)- 1. A network is like a signal, but a community is a group of people who live together
peacefully.(1 vote) - 1. Humans are humans only when they are useful to others, that is, the society in which they live. It was not made alone, if this happens, it will be no different from other animals.
2. The first human network connects a group of hunters and gatherers, that is, humans connected to survive.
3. Human networks have changed a lot since the emergence of cities. Living in society was totally different from living in caves.
4. Human relationships remotely provide a broad connection, but a shallow connection.(1 vote) 
I want to post my answers to see if I might have gotten something wrong.
1.As people we are effected by the things that surround us like our family.We are influenced and guided by these people who raise and care for us.
2.The first network was the language network that connected groups of foragers that would trade goods and resources.This is important because it helped them be able to grow from small groups to eventually grow to cities.
3.From what I got from the video transportation was one of the biggest developments we made because we were then able to move goods as well as people to far off areas.
4.Global networks can cause bad like competition,violence,and disease.(1 vote)- 1) The video begins with a philosophical statement common to the Zulu people of southern Africa. How would you describe this idea in your own words?
I think it means that other people treating you as a person is what makes you a person, without community and society, one person on their own is just an animal.
2) What were the first human networks like, and why were they important?
Boat routes for trading, they were important because they were the earliest global trade example
3) What are some major changes and developments in the history of human networks, according to this video?
New trade methods like planes, education, and trains
4) The video ends with several questions. What problems does it suggest people might have within the global network?
I think it means that as we become more and more unified in trades it gives more opportunity for 1-2 corporations to control all of the brands(1 vote)